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Current trends in atomic physics /

Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current developments in this rapidly developing field that falls between the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. With invited reviews written by leading international researchers, each presenting new result...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sabin, John R., Lindgren, Ingvar, 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2008.
Colección:Advances in quantum chemistry ; 53.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Magnetic Resonance Contributions to Other Sciences; 1. Introduction; 2. Magnetic Resonance and Nuclear Magnetic Moments; 3. Magnetic Interactions in Molecules; 4. Nuclear Electric Interactions in Molecules; 5. Atomic Hyperfine Structure, Separated Oscillatory Fields and Atomic Clocks; 6. Atomic Hyperfine Structure and QED; 7. NMR; 8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 9. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. A Single Quantum System: Evolution, Prediction, Observation; 1. From ``Gedanken'' Experiments to Quantum Measurement
  • 2. Evolution Frustrated by Observation?3. Observations on a Driven Quantum System; 4. Measurements on Single Ions; 5. An Alternative Strategy; 6. Summary; References; Chapter 3. The Quantum SI: A Possible New International System of Units; 1. Introduction; 2. International System of Units; 3. The Kilogram and the Ampere; 4. Possible Redefinitions of the Kilogram; 5. Relation Between the Avogadro Constant and the Planck Constant; 6. Other Redefinitions; 7. Consequences for Other Fundamental Constants; 8. The Quantum SI; 9. The Second; 10. Time Scale for Redefinitions; 11. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6. Precise Atomic Masses for Fundamental Physics Determined at SMILETRAP1. Introduction; 2. The SMILETRAP Facility; 3. Results and Discussions; 4. Conclusion and Outlook; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7. HITRAP: A Facility at GSI for Highly Charged Ionsq1; 1. The Present GSI Facility; 2. The HITRAP Project; 3. The HITRAP Facility; 4. Experiments at HITRAP; 5. The New GSI Facility; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. Structure of Vacuum and Elementary Matter: From Superheavies via Hypermatter to Antimatter-The Vacuum Decay in Supercritical Fields; 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cold Valleys in the Potential3. Shell Structure in the Superheavy Region; 4. Asymmetric and Superasymmetric Fission-Cluster Radioactivity; 5. Extension of the Periodic System into the Sections of Hyper- and Antimatter; 6. Clusters of Matter and Antimatter; 7. Theoretical Framework; 8. Structure of Light Nuclei Containing Antiprotons; 9. Doubly-Magic Lead with Antiproton and Anti-Alpha; 10. Systems with Total Baryon Number Zero; 11. Life Time, Formation Probability and Signatures of SBNs; 12. Cold Compression: Nuclear and Quark Matter; 13. The Vacuum in Quantum Electrodynamics